CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
BATCHELOR |
First Name/s: |
Henry William |
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Service No/s: |
1585399 |
Service: |
Branch: |
Field Engineer |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire |
Auto loaded with upgrade to v1.0.07 |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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23 Mar 1945 |
PB753 |
UL-X2 |
Training |
1610 |
2300 |
6h50 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Day/night cross country exercise and high-level practice bombing. |
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24 Mar 1945 |
NF976 |
UL-Z2 |
Training |
1115 |
1420 |
3h05 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Fighter affiliation and high-level bombing. Accuracy recorded as 84 yards from 20,000ft. |
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26 Mar 1945 |
NG273 |
*UL-I2 |
Training |
1300 |
1705 |
4h05 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise, with high-level bombing and air-to-sea firing. |
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31 Mar 1945 |
LM227 |
UL-I2 |
HAMBURG |
0630 |
1135 |
5h05 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: Blohm & Voss U-Boat building and engineering yards Load: 12x 1,000lb and 3x 500lb bombs. |
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03 Apr 1945 |
NF976 |
UL-Z2 |
NORDHAUSEN |
1320 |
1950 |
6h30 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: SS Barracks and troop concentrations. Other 576 Aiming Points this night were bridges and a V-2 rocket factory. Load: 11x 1000lb and 2x 500lb bombs |
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04 Apr 1945 |
PA307 |
UL-W2 |
LUTZKENDORF |
2155 |
0555 |
8h00 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: The Wintershall AG synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 10x 500lb bombs |
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09 Apr 1945 |
NG273 |
UL-Y |
KIEL |
2000 |
0140 |
5h40 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: Shipping, the Deutsche-Werke U-Boat yard and the industrial centre on the East side of Kiel harbour. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 10x 500lb bombs. The German heavy cruiser 'Admiral Scheer' was sunk at dockside on this operation. |
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11 Apr 1945 |
NG273 |
UL-Y |
Training and air test |
1330 |
1525 |
1h55 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Air test and high-level bombing. |
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15 Apr 1945 |
ME801 |
UL-N |
Training |
1510 |
1740 |
2h30 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Low-level cross-country exercise and simulated bombing. |
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18 Apr 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
HELIGOLAND |
1000 |
1440 |
4h40 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: Naval base, submarine repair yards, airfield and built-up area. Load: 12x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. |
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21 Apr 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
Training |
1630 |
1655 |
0h25 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Sack dropping as pracrtice for the upcoming Operation MANNA flights |
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22 Apr 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
BREMEN |
1535 |
2040 |
5h05 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: Focke-Wulf aircraft factory and enemy troop concentrations. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie,, 6x 1000lb and 8x 500lb bombs. Flown in support of the British XXX Corps attacking the city. The Master Bomber abandoned the attack due to cloud cover over the target and instructed the crews to bring their bombs back; this is what the Scott crew did. |
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25 Apr 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
BERCHTESGADEN |
0525 |
1340 |
8h15 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Target: Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' complex and SS barracks. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 4x 1000lb and 1x 500lb bombs. Hit by flak and suffered slight damage to the starboard outer engine. This was 576's final offensive operation of the War. |
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05 May 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
ROTTERDAM |
0655 |
0945 |
2h50 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA; the dropping of vital supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. The crew reported seeing a yellow dinghy waving a yellow flag at 5145N 00326E and orbited at 1000ft but lost contact in poor visibility. |
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07 May 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
ROTTERDAM |
1205 |
1540 |
3h35 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA; the dropping of vital supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks' |
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08 May 1945 |
NN806 |
UL-M |
ROTTERDAM |
DNTO |
nk |
N/A |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA; the dropping of vital supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. During the take-off roll, the aircraft swung violently to port, tearing up the FIDO piping which was mounted on short steel legs. This caused the undercarriage to collapse, and the aircraft broke its back near the mid-upper turret. Fortunately, there was no fire, and the only injury was suffered by Fg Off Cross who sustained a sprained wrist. This was the last Lancaster operational loss of the Second World War. |
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01 Jul 1945 |
RA587 |
UL-U |
FLENSBURG |
1205 |
1745 |
5h40 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Exercise POSTMORTEM III; a test of the German air defence network. |
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04 Jul 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
FLENSBURG |
1310 |
1850 |
5h40 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Exercise POSTMORTEM V; a test of the German air defence network. |
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23 Jul 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
Bomb Dumping |
1205 |
1330 |
1h25 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Incendiary disposal in the North Sea. |
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23 Jul 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
Bomb Dumping |
1840 |
2005 |
1h25 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Incendiary disposal in the North Sea. |
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25 Jul 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
Bomb Dumping |
1430 |
1550 |
1h20 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Incendiary disposal in the North Sea. |
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13 Aug 1945 |
PD271 |
UL-T |
Bomb Dumping |
1430 |
1625 |
1h55 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Incendiary disposal in Cardigan Bay. |
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16 Aug 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO |
0700 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE. Transit flight from Fiskerton to Pomigliano, near Naples, Italy to pick up Allied POWs. The normal crew for DODGE flights was 6 as they only carried one Air Gunner to supervise the passengers. |
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20 Aug 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON |
0730 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE. After a short visit to Naples, the crew picked up 20 passengers for the long flight home from Pomigliano. |
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20 Aug 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
GLATTON TO FISKERTON |
1600 |
1620 |
nk |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE. Empty positioning flight back to Fiskerton, having delivered their passengers safely at Glatton. |
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01 Sep 1945 |
PA307 |
UL-W |
FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO |
0850 |
1525 |
6h35 |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE. Transit flight from Fiskerton to Pomigliano to collect more Allied POWs. |
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03 Sep 1945 |
PA307 |
UL-W |
POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON |
0840 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE. Return flight to the UK with 20 ex-POWs. |
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03 Sep 1945 |
UL-W |
GLATTON TO FISKERTON |
nk |
1610 |
nk |
P1 Plt Off I.L. Scott |
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NOTES: |
Empty positioning flight back to Fiskerton. |
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